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their excellent, amiable, and intelligent friend, the Rev. 
Daniel Tyerman. 
The dangers and severities of the journey proving too 
much for his bodily strength, had greatly depressed his 
natural spirits; so much so, that on hearing, on their way 
to the capital, of the increased illness of Radama, he pro¬ 
posed to his companion to return to the coast without delay. 
He was, however, induced to persevere; but it is more 
than probable, that this depression of mind, added to the 
insalubrity of the climate, greatly accelerated the disease, 
which, on the ninth day after his arrival, terminated fatally, 
and (as it would appear) to himself, as well as to his col¬ 
leagues and his friends, unexpectedly. 
The following record of his feelings on the evening of 
the day on which he arrived at the capital, extracted from 
the “ Journal of the Voyages and Travels of the Deputa¬ 
tion,’" edited by James Montgomery, Esq., will show the 
frame of mind under which he reviewed the experience of 
the Divine goodness. “ Hitherto the Lord hath helped us. 
Oh! what gratitude we owe to God, for preserving us from 
all accidents during so long a journey, and allowing us to 
reach this city in the enjoyment of the best health, after 
traversing a country, which, at certain seasons, is so sub¬ 
ject to fevers and disease. We are in the heart of this 
heathen land, but under the kind protecting wing of its 
sovereign. O for a heart more grateful for favours so 
many and great! To God be all the glory.” Mr. Tyer- 
man’s death took place on the 30th of July, 1828, in the 
fifty-fourth year of his age. 
The health of Radama had, for more than a year pre¬ 
vious to the month of July, 1828, been evidently declining, 
although, prior to that period, there had been little in his 
general appearance to indicate an early termination to his 
